Japonisme
is a French term to
describe the craze for all
things Japanese.
In 1854 trade began with
Japan – there became a
fascination with art of the
Far East.
Ukiyo-E (meaning floating world) was the golden age of
woodblock prints.
Big influence on Impressionists. Similar subject matter.
An ART Movement is when
a group of artist, who are
familiar with each other, work
in a similar style during the
same period of time.
Impressionism
The impressionist style is
characterized capturing the general
impression produced by a scene or
object and the use of unmixed
primary colors and small strokes
to simulate actual reflected light.
Impressionism
Evolved in France
between 1860s-1890s
Impressionism
The Impressionists’ works rarely
respond to political events
Its content is very different from
the Realists’ focus on social
commentary
Impressionism
•Scenes of daily
leisurely activities
•Loose brushstrokes
•Pastel colors (with
blues and violets
replacing blacks and
browns)
•Lack of a structured
composition
•Natural lighting
The Impressionists were REBELS
They painted “PLEIN AIR”
meaning outside and not in a studio.
Edouard Manet,
Luncheon on the Grass, 1863.
Titan, Pastoral Concert, 1510
Manet exhibited it at the Salon des Refusés
(Salon of the rejected). He was admired by Monet
and his friends, and he became the leader of the
Impressionist movement
1510 HIGH ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
Edouard Manet, Olympia, 1863.
Edouard Manet,
Olympia, 1863.
Titian
Venus of Urbino, 1510
Manet
Zola , 1868
A writer who wrote
about artists being
free to purse their
own aesthetic
inclinations.
Manet, A Bar at the Folies-Bergère”
1882.
More impressionistic. A slice of life.
Claude Monet
Impressionist paintings
incorporated the
sketchesabbreviations,
speed, and
spontaneity-
qualities of
What critics might
call shortcuts
Claude Monet
He exhibited this work
in the 1st Impressionist
show in 1874.
The work was
“finished in the sense
of a complete thoughtthe capture of a
specific moment in
time”
Impression Sunrise” 1872.
Claude Monet
No attempt to
smooth the
brushstrokes or
blend the pigmentsto create the smooth
meticulously
detailed image that
the Academy liked
Impression Sunrise” 1872.
Claude Monet
Because of the title,
the very
unimpressed critics
called the work
Impressionismunfinished sketches,
not real art.
Impression Sunrise” 1872.
Impressionism started
as a derogatory term,
but as the work found
fans, the name stuck
in a positive way
Monet lived in
extreme poverty until
the 1880s when
Impressionism started
to catch on
Claude Monet, Hay stacks . 1890
Claude Monet, Rouen Cathedral, 1894.
Claude Monet, The Magpie, 1890.
Claude Monet,
Rocks At Belle-Ile,
Port-Dormois,
1886.
Claude Monet, Waterlillies, 1920
Claude Monet
The Japanese
Bridge
1899.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Painted “happy
pictures”
He avoided black
paint.
He sought to paint a “slice
of life”
Renoir
Luncheon of the Boating Party,
1881.
Renoir La Moulin de la Galette, 1876.
Renoir, Oarsmen at Chatou,
1879.
Renoir
On The Terrace,
1881.
Edgar Degas
”Ballet
 Figures tend to run-off sides
 diagonal compositions
Rehearsal”, 1876.
Edgar Degas, The Dance Class, 1874.
Edgar Degas
The Dancing Class
1875.
Edgar Degas, Horses Before the Stands, 1866.
Edgar Degas
Jockeys Before The Race
1870.
Degas, Racehorses at Longchamp, 1875.
Edgar Degas
L’Absinthe
1876.
Degas, Four Dancers, 1899. Chalk Pastel.
Degas
He was never interested in creating
public monuments, Rarely
displayed his sculpture publicly.
The Little 14-Year-Old Dancer.
It was Modeled in wax and
wearing a real bodice, stockings,
shoes, tulle skirt, and horsehair
wig with a satin ribbon.
Mary Cassatt
•American
Daughter of a
Philadelphia banker
•Befriended by
Degas
•Primary subject
mother and child
The Bath, 1892.
Degas
Cassatt
Renoir
Cassatt
Mary Cassatt
Mother and Child,
c1889.
Mary Cassatt
Mother and Child,
1889.
Mary Cassatt
Summertime,
1894.
Kitagawa Utamaro
Woman with Baby
1860s
Mary Cassatt
Maternal Caress, 1891.
Mary Cassatt, The Boating Party, 1894.
Berthe Morisot
•exhibited with the
Impressionists
•Manet was her brotherin-law, grandfather was
Fragonard
•Mostly domestic scenes
Loose brush strokes, pleinair lighting effect
Berthe Morisot
The Cradle, 1872.
John Singer Sargent 1856-1925
Most successful portrait
painter of his time
Painted almost 900 oil
paintings and 2000
watercolors in the bulk of
his career
Born to American parents
in Florence, Italy; Studied
at the Salon in France;
eventually moved to
London
Self-Portrait, 1907.
Sargent, Madame X, 1884.
Madame X was a socialite
and wife of wealthy Pierre
Gautreau. Viewers were
shocked at the first exhibition
of this piece as Sargent
painted her right strap falling
off the shoulder, considered
to be very suggestive at the
time.
Portrait of Sargent in Studio, 1884.
Sargent
Daughters of Edward D. Boit, 1882.
John Singer
Sargent,
Lady Agnew of
Lochnaw
1892-93.
Winslow Homer, 1836-1910
American Landscape / Seascape
Painter
illustrator for Harper’s Weekly
Magazine- sent to the Civil War to
frontlines to sketch and paint
scenes
Eventually switched to watercolor
Best known for his seascapes while
living in Prout’s Neck, Maine
Winslow Homer,
Home Sweet Home
1863.
Oil on Canvas.
Winslow Homer, Snap The Whip, 1872.
Oil on Canvas.
Winslow Homer, Northeaster, 1895. Oil on Canvas.
Winslow Homer, The Gulf Stream 1899
John Singleton Copley,
Watson and the Shark, 1778.
Reoccurring theme, Life
and death and the forces
of nature. He was never
swayed by critics
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
He had a unique personality
Whistler
Arrangement in Gray and Black
(Whistler’s Mother), 1871.
Whistler
Nocturne in Blue
and Gold (the
Falling Rocket),
1875
This became the
center piece where
ART was on trial.
Whistler
Libel Trial:
Whistler vs Ruskin ( an art critic)
Ruskin accused him of being an
impostor and of “fling a pot of paint in
the public’s face”.
…charging exorbitant pricesWhistler said that he may have only spent
a day and a half on the painting, but he
was charging for a lifetime of experience!
Whistler
He won the suit,
but was given
what amounted to
about $1 for his
troubles.
“Art for Arts sake”you can’t legislate
taste.